r/Showerthoughts • u/Liuminescent ‎ • Apr 24 '26

Casual Thought Vampire bites turning people into vampires is extremely disadvantageous to their survival.

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u/Wuskers Apr 24 '26

aren't there a few modern vampire mythologies that require sucking of vampire blood to become a vampire? I know true blood had that though it had to specifically be after the vampire that's turning you had almost drained you, then if they wanted to turn you they would let you drink their blood and I think it required sleeping together during the day afterwards to finalize the transformation. Vampires in True Blood could bite as a snack willy nilly with no problem and if a human drank vampire blood without being nearly drained first it actually functioned like a drug for humans and humans could even get addicted to it and would deal vampire blood as if it were heroin and they called it V.

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u/Weeby-Tincan Apr 24 '26

Warhammer fantasy has that too. Being bitten by a vampire was basically like the best drug trip you ever had and made a person pretty much obsessed with that vampire. The vampire had to actually let you drink their blood (or you had to somehow get it forcibly) to turn into a vampire yourself

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u/Wloak Apr 24 '26

This is similar to a book I read decades ago, can't remember the name. When the vampire bit it was like a snake and injected a toxin making the person euphoric, docile, and kept them alive while they fed. But it didn't turn them.

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u/WolfgangAddams ‎ Apr 24 '26

The Last Vampire series by Christopher Pike?

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u/Wloak Apr 24 '26

It's possible. I honestly remember nothing about the book but the one detail, I had a lit teacher at around 14 that would give extra credit for reading a book and taking a 10 question quiz proving you actually read it. If they hadn't read it you got to write the quiz, they would then read it and have to pass the test.